m, ilMMWaiillM
tEji2 m :;riciiiiiiiii i troops halt
I
"TTaM JENKINS
i t Tho U-2'"' t buck.
L,0f lcU.1 tl.U It written.
JSSwm tn c,,ln.tt iTt
,,d,ntict "iii ""' 1";,,d
'S'l? addition hit two Ji.p
"? "i in China ul or '""!""
olB -f ili. Jop I"'1" bombed
n,.S. s..cbo navel bo (very
,HE Chlnw P1,lU, bombBd
"Iro Hankow, a rlvor port
ih YomU'-a, "u Liioyuo, Just
h ol S . im "'I n the ShiuiK-
nrobauly using both heavily
rWhil b"" 'cl11110 "
. l o B-20 would probubly
12BiiS. on "here lo fill up
, be t'LOVH over tho Hlnial-
y"."' . . .... Kuan f.lI'lllllPK
Mid eome there. We're ob.
lounly not win"
bout thciu things.
rllE Chinese couiiler-offunlvo
.. T. '..ril In have driven
he jP bck 80 mile at ono
bolnt. ...
L- c . 1 n n n. "cotwldorublo"
P numbers o( Jnn cIv'IIdiw oro
Uorled to be "snuff lng nto
m ffta JP clvlllnn. don't nil
lave-the suicide complex.)
The JP trooi 1,1111 ,'?ft allvo
md tho remaining civilians ore
ompresml within an area 01
our square mlh-s on tho Inland,
iome Jnp soldiers are trying to
lee n bnriics lo Tlnlint laluiul,
ut north of Saipan, but tho
iirnn arc smashed by our or.
Illery.
The ' correspondents report
ome ilgiu of suicide attacks, at
MUu. ...
IN Normandy, Montiiomery and
hit British and Canadians
liunch an attack on Caen at day
lllht this morning, under ono
of hit famous rolling barrage.
Ujt night Brltiiih planer hit it
ihe massed Gorman, with un
disclosed results. 1 .. .
A British stuff officer eaya as
Dili li written that tho push has
broken through tho cruet t of
Caen's major outer defenses.
Keep clearly In mind .that
Caen Is another port of consld
treble Importance ',. ;
A CORRESPONDENT of Prnv
da (Russlnn newspaper) re
ports today that Hitler himself
nil taken over command on thu
western front. Tho lesson of tho
past Is that the Germans usually
LOSE when Hitler takes over
personal command.
AN Interesting sidelight:
n 8HAEF (our supremo Euro
pean headquarters) says today:
''French forces of tho Interior
are operating within 20 miles of
our Normandy beach head and
11 through France ore material
ly helping tho allies. Their ac
tivities have become a major oc
cupation (and probably a major
headacho us well) lor 'the Ger
mans." Remember , how the Russians
have been helped by- guerrillas
operating behind the Gorman
lines.
THERE'S a tale today (bollovcd
Worth noting, but not guar
anteed) of a conference some
where botwocn Hitler and his
laterals. The correspondents ro
jail tho Kulser's grand council
August, 1018, when it was de
tided that tho wor. couldn't bo
won but hard fighting might win
n acceptable peace.
j The conferees ore said to have
discussed getting out of tho Bulk
niand Norwny to shorten lines
na make more Germans avail
w e. on tho hot fronts and to
?.'v expressed tho hope that a
nd. might be made In tho oast
ii. ,,e .en,d ' July mnybo on
VUtuta) lWars8w 18 n tne
' . .
THE tcport of t)l0 confcrcnco
ik. "upposcd to havo coma via
wtltrgroiiiid, and tho dls-
Mrt respectful attention. Natu
lource nrcn'1 mcntionln8 th
Tit, '"' ' '
fHH; Russians today aro flght
10 fm! Ln 'I1,?, outer's of Wil
li tk.ybo Vllna 011 y"r- map;
'hen.. 0 centrnl Erbpcan places
flBS?ni.namos too fait for tho
fltekf s to koon Up),
C'p?,ls.only 1io mllos from
ro wnJif'j1'. Gorman civilians
ey Lz nst PrufslB B "it as
"amn, i2 8'n8 to refugee
vlMhcLRVss!n"8 tako"Barano.
0 Bri2yla'from Minsk
"ds hlg' Tno Normans say tho
0 h i,.j"lns Konorally seem
'ug rlVeard,"5lbl?c1k b"hlnd tho,
e th.ir . -w1hl.ch. ls assumed to'
aetonsn line, .
If Th ShuniU'CnHfad' Wonderland
July 8, 1944 .
Max. f July 7) ..80 Mln. 46
Precipitation last 24 hours 00
Straam' year to date 9.89
Normal .11.95 Last year 17.78
Forecasti Fair.
PRICE 5 CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 8 1944
Number 10205
Klamath dockets Over
Quota
E BOND 1S
TOP MILLION
MARK IN DRIVE
1 rsi'jumwip
8:
Panic Spurs Race From Flaming Death
ity7iiP'.Muamge,.i
9 r ,
Total of $4,500,000
Reached Here In
Campaign
WE THANK YOU
To The Herald and News:
May wo use your columns
to express at this tlmo our
earnest appreciation to alt
the pcoplo of Klnmnlh county
for their magnificent re
sponse to the Fifth War Loan
drive.
Tho tlmo and onergy given
by all campaign workers, and
the patriotic Interest of tho
entiro public, aro emphatical
ly demonstrated loduy In the
exceeded quotas in all phases
of tho campaign.
JOE HICKS.
Drive Chairman.
E. A. THOMAS.
President, Kiwanls
Club.
Klamath's Fifth War Loan
campaign , today rocketed over
all quotas to an amazing total
(Continued on Pago Eight)
Klamath Service
People to Get
Theatre Passes
Through the co-operation of
Lloyd Lamb of the Klamath
Theatres Incorporated, any mon
or woman In the armed services
who Is homo and whose name
appears in the column telling of
scrvlco people homo on leave
can have two free passes to any
movlo in town.
These passes can bo had by
ending at tho Esquire box of
fico. Names can bo left for the
service mon and women's reg
istry by colling Scott Reed at
3124 before 3 p. m.
Second Lidice
Reported
IZMIR, Turkey, July 7 (De
layed) (P) Copies of a Greek
puppet government communi
que which reached hero today
said the nozls on Juno 10
slaunhtcrcd moro than 1000
residents of tho Greek .vlllugo
of Distomo in a cold-blooded re
prisal comparable to that car
ried out at the Czechoslovak
town of Lidice.
The communique said that
not even babies In arms woro
spared and tho massacro was
crowned by tho burning of the
village, familiar 10 many nmtp
lenn tourists.
. Tho killing was carried out
by the nazls as revenge for the
death 01 au uermnn soiaiura
hniiin with tho Earn and An-
darts resistance groups near the
village.
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o.rumini, crowdi uunid bv Dsnic make mad doih from flaming tent of Hingling Broth
re-Barnum and Bailey circus at Hartford, Conn., as fire, with unbelievable speed, raced up the
walls of canvas. Noarly 150 persons, mostly children, were killed, hundreds Injured in greatest
circus catastrophe In nation s history. , '
flEDSTAKETOWWS;
LONDON, July 8 ( Ger
man military commentators said
today - that tho Russians had
launched a new offensivo "on a
wide front at the opproaches to
tho Carpathians east of Lwow
and west of Kowel," and Pre
mier Marshal Stalin announced
that red army troops have cap
tured Baranowicze to tho north.
In an order of tho day broad
cost by the Moscow radio and
addressed to Marshal K. K. Ro
kossovsky, Stalin said that Bar
anowicze nearly midway be
tween Berlin and Moscow was
token by on "outflanking ma
neuver by cavalry and tank for
mations together.
Important Junction
Ho described the city, 81 miles
(Continued on Pago Eight)
Burglars Leave
Garbo Alone
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.,
July 8 UP) Greta Gurbo rout
ed burglars from her home
eorly today with shouts for
help.
Tho screen star told police
she was awakened in her up
stairs by voices and, opening
the door, saw a figure in the
hall. She slammed the door
and called for aid. A neighbor
summoned police.
Tho prowlers had entered
through a lower bedroom win
dow. They carried off $40 and
ration books from the actress'
purse, she reported, but left
two of her coats, one of mink,
ono of cloth, in a hedge.
Bomber Fleets Strike at
Rocket Launching Sites
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR
LONDON, July 8 (!) U. S.
heavy bombor fleets smashed ut
nazl flying-bomb launching sites
and other planes hit out in
slashing support of Normnndy
offensives today on tho heels
of-,nn RAF strlko with six-ton
blockbusters . at a hugo cave
protected robot-bomb , , supply
depot ln France. ;. ..
Night-flying British Lancost
ers searched out the depot, lo
cated ln great limestone caves
of St. Leu-d'Esscront 30 miles
north of Paris, and up to 800
Flying Fortresses and Libera
tors hammered at launching
platforms by daylight this morn
Ing In heightening air blows,
against this grim Gorman wea
pon. Seven Sites
Tho. U. S. big bombers, pro
tected : by some 780 fighters,
visually bombod at least seven
launching sites, and hit other
targets in France. American
Marauders led tho tactical blows
at nazl positions on tho Nor
mandy battlefront.
Tho air ministry termed the
robot supply depot ono of tho
Germans' largest, and disclosed
it first wns hit July 4 by Lan
caslers lugging 12,000-pound
bombs'. Photographs showed ut
leust ono of theso hugo missiles
went straight through a hill
above the caves and exploded
In a caveln below.
Communications Hit
'The, bomb hall also caused
heavy damage to ronds and rail
lines leading lo tho caves, but
German workers were rushed
in to repair, damage. So Lan
caster struck again last night.
Tho depot, attacked in face
of- heavy ground ..and air de
fenses, waB ono of several RAF
(Continued on Pago Seven).
B29s Intact After Raids on
Japanese NerVe Centers
WASHINGTON, July 8 (P) V. S. B-29 Super-Fortresses
which struck five Japanese naval. Industrial and military nerve
centers In , Japan and China last night have returned to their
bases without lose of any planes, a 20th air force communique
reported today. '
In addition to hitting vital targets in Nippon's homeland in
their second strategic mission, the big bombers attacked the
Japanese supply bases of Leoyao and Hankow in China.
The Japanese targets are on the highly industrialised northern
end of Kyushu, southernmost of the principal home islands.
. The targets in China are regarded as important to the enemy's
extended supply lines for his ground troops' push against the
Chinese.
The communique, summarlz-
lng the results of the new at-,
tack by tne n u g e Domoers,
which returned to their bases
without loss, said that the tar
gets were Sasebo, a big naval
base; war plants at Yawata and
Omura, both on Kyushu, and
Laoyao, a shipping port on the
China coast north of Hangchow,
and Hankow, 450 miles Inland
on the Yangtze river.
. Weak Opposition
Tho Super-Fortresses encoun
tered only very weak fighter
(Continued on Pago Seven)
Naii Militarists
Hold Conference
AT THE GERMAN ' FRON
TIER, July 8 (P) Germany's
military leaders have, been hold
ing the most serious discussions
with Adolf Hitler on tho reich's
critical military situation and a
complete revision of defense
plans may be made before the
end of the month.
The conferences with Hitler,
reported through trustworthy in
formation, began early this
week, were said . to bo compar
able with the kaiser's famous
grand council in August, 1918,
when it was decided tho war
could not be won, but that all
was not yet lost and that bitter
fighting may yet bring an accept
able peace.
(Reports originating from
the German frontier, often are
Insoired by German sources. Re
ports suggesting that the Ger
mans are at tne point ol maKing
ncace feelers may have been de
liberately planted with the pur
pose of creating a feeling of over
confidence in allied countries. A
similar technique has been used
by Berlin before.)
Medford Hen
Goes All Out
MEDFORD, July 8 (fl) A
hen at the. home of Mrs. Laura
Jones went all. out for a pro
duction record, and produced an
egg nine inches around the end,
and seven Inches around the
center. Inside Mrs. Jones found
another egg shell and all of
grade A. size.. . .
British Sveep
Into Out-skirts
Or River City
- ' By WES GALLAGHER
SUPREME ' HEADQUARTERS ALLIED ' EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, July 8 (fP) British second army troops fought their way
into the northeast outskirts of Caen tonight after sweeping for
ward on a seven-mile front ana capturing at least tune towns.
A front dispatch from Associated Press Correspondent . Rogar
D. Greene said that some German vehicles already have been
spotted pulling out of the doomed Orne river city.
Authie, on the west flank of the ever-narrowing German de
fense arc, fell to Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's troops and
on the east they have' moved beyond Herouville and are well
established atop hill 64 at the road fork between Caen and Epron.
r The British - thrust at Caen.
the German hinge in eastern
YANKS CAPTURE
5
1 FREE FOR ALL
A free-for-all fight between
Indian women late Friday night
sent one of them to the Klamath
Valley hospital and the , other
two to lodgings m tne city au.
Gertrude Herrlngton,' Klam
ath Indian living in Jacksonville,
received cuts and abrasions and
was recovering Sa turday in
Klamath .Valley hospital.'. Pearl
Jackson and Rose Marie Jack
son, sisters, are being held in the
city jail.
' Police Called ' ;
According to city police re
ports,' police were called about
,11:30 Friday night to the home
of Louie Comnato, 4271 Broad,
where the three wpmen were
fighting. The house had no elec
tricity and the two women had
hit Mrs. Herrington with an- old
fashioned lamp, according to city
police who are ' investigating.
. By JOHN F. CHESTER
ROME. July 8 P) The vic
iously-defended town of Rosig-
nano and Uastelllna on west
coast highways to Livorno (Leg
horn) . and Pisa have been cap
tured by American Infantrymen
after three days of bitter street
fighting,' allied headquarters an
nounced today. .
(The-Italian resistance com
munique was quoted by the Lon
don radio; as saying that street
fighting was raging in Livorno
(Leghorn), and that ."all the fas
cist chiefs" have left the town."
The bulletin was recorded by
CBS.)
The doughboys drove the en
emy from both Risognano, 13
miles - below .Livorno, apd ,Cas
tellina, six miles to the east, late
veRterdav: f- ' .
i "The enemy f ought to the Vast
house," 'a headquarters., , jpfficec,
I So rugged was the German de-
' .(continued, onf age cigni;
i:. ! ! '
Forest Fires
Destroy Towns
VAL D'ORE, Quebec, July 8
Ijp) Fifteen hundred residents
of 'three Quebec mining com-
munities found refuge today .in
Senneterre and Rouyn after rag
inir forest fires, worst in , the
province since May, 1943,. de
stroyed one town and roarea
periously close to the other two.
The. fires, whipped by a high
wind, wiped' out the town of Pas
calis, with a population of 300,
after citizens were evacuated.
Cadillac, 28 miles north of
Val d'Ore, was seriously threat
ened for a time yesterday and
women and children were moved
bv bus and train to Rouyn. 32
miles wesiwara. nc suuuuuu
there this morning was less
tense. -. .: -v ,; i-
Transports Sunk
By British Subs
LONDON, July; 8 (P) ' The
sinking of two large transports,
one large tanker and a medium
supply ship and' seven smaller
vessels by British submarines
was announced by the admiralty
today. ' J ; -
All 'the . sinkings' were in the
Mediterranean -. theater. -. '
The two transports were torpedoed-
in a harbor in south
France that was not identified
by the admiralty communique.
. The admiralty said the tank
er was intercepted near Toulon
while under a strong, naval and
aircraft escort.
Normandy, ,w a s the , heaviest
blow of the invasion. " .' :"
- Crack . Through Defenses -
Jumping off before . dawn
with blinding artillery and air
support, tanks and British-Ca
nadian troops aided by flame
throwers cracked through the
upper crust of Caen's formid
able defenses, and by noon to
day had advanced an average
oeptn of a mile, headquarters
said, although the nazi lines
are the most heavily-held . of
any attacked in this war.
. Americans, on the center of
the : front surged ahead simul
taneously, seizing St. Jean de
Dave,: and, then widened and
deepened their Vire river
bridgehead '.'well - beyond"- thfr
fallen town. Other doughboys
hitting' south across the Taute
,. (Continued on Page Eight)
Fish, Not Bears,
Merest Jwo :i ,
Klamath Men ,
Two Klamath . Falls ' men
apparently t prefer the more
gentle art of fishing to that
of shooting bears.
John Pearce and Harry
Hargraves, employes of the
Ewauna . Box company, ' de
cided to spend the full week
of their, vacation fishing at
Diamond lake, but their fam
ilies were surprised to see
them return after three days.
After giving excuses that
the mosquitoes were bad, the
fishing no good, and the
camping facilities inadequate,
the truth was finally made
known.
Four bears intruded upon
the peaceful scene and the
men, not used to arguing
with anything more than a
fishing pole,, promptly re-'
turned home.
AT EDGE OF!
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Yanks Throw: BacK
Nipponese; Kill - ;
1500
By CHARLES McMARTRY '
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD.
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor; July
a ) Japanese, . spearheaded
by several thousand troops try.
lng desperately to escape death!
or capture by steadily advanc
ing Americans, fiercely attacked
American positions on Saipari
with ground troops, planes and
artillery before dawn July 8.' '
They launched their-counter,
attack ; from the - northwestern
tip of Saipan. '. :
Reach Tahapag
1 They penetrated a-maximum
of 2000 yards reaching the out
skirts of .Tanapag town, befora
they were ' halted. - Then -they
were thrown back. . '-. .v.
Admiral -Chester W.t Nimrti,
reporting the action- in :a com?
munique today ,-" said, "Numer
ous casualties, were incurred"?
with an estimated 1800 '.Jap.
anese troops killed.: .
. Shell Airfield
Enemy shore batteries on Tin.
ian island, only, three milea
south of Saipan, shelled Iseley
(Aslito). airfield but .destroyed
and artillery fire quickly sll
enced all batteries." .' '. -
Nirhitz did not say whethee
the air strip from which Ameri
can planes have been operating
two weeks, was damaged. ; ; ,
... Aircraft .
The third phase of the attack
saw J apanese . . sending.,, small,
groups of aircraft against Amer
ican ground positions and ship
ping before dawn July 6 and
again - that - night. ; ' ,v . --
-Nimitz said none of the.Ampi
ican ships was damaged but diet
not report whether installations
or. troops .ashore were bit. 5'!:
, 1 Qne 1 enemy . raider- was -shot
dOWIl.' ' : '- ' li '-'rV,.:.V..' -:
Strongest Counterattack -'
"--lt-was the-strongest counter
attack in the Central and West
ern Pacific campaign and one
of the ' strongest in the- entire
Pacific. -.'.- .-tv-v I
The battle raged -far into tha
day. . Nimitz said the - counter
attack was halted before noon
(Continued on Page Eight) v -
Investigation Continues
In Tragic Circus Fire
HARTFORD, Conn., July 8
(P)The death toll in the na
tion's greatest circus disaster
counted 154 men, women and
children today as authorities
pressed swiftly w i t h ; an ' an
nounced determination to fix
responsibility, If any, for "the
tragic loss of life.'!
Although scores of perform
ers, workers and spectators al
ready have been questioned and
five persons charged with man
slaughter, .various Investigating
agencies sought out still others
to tell their versions 'of Thurs
day's blazing inferno in the
Ringling Brothers, Barnum and
Bailey big top. ' : - -.
More Arrests
..The .intention, of .investigators
to attempt to fix responsibility
as well as determine the cause,
was announced by State's Attor
ney' Hugh M. Alcorn 'Jr.', in a
formal statement in which he
said additional arrests probably
would be made after an ad
journed -fire' marshals' hearing
and' a coroner's inquest Tues
day. '
' Alcorn declared it . appeared
from the preliminary inquiries
that -there was "inadequate fire
fighting equipment" on ; the
circus grounds, manned by "in
adequate personnel."
" ' "Highly Inflammable" '
"There is also in our posses
sion." . he added in the state
ment, issued late yesterday, "in
formation that the tent itself
had been, in, use only since the
road show started this season
and : that .it . had been treated
with paraffin, which was diluted
with gasoline, making the entire
.tent. highly inflammable.",
As the investigations proceed
ed, the ordeal of trying, to iden
tify burned and charred bodies
(Continued on Page seven)
Lamm Employes
Vote for CIO
The employes of the Lamm
mill at Modoc Point voted to
retain their affiliation with the
IWA-CIO in a national labor
relations board election held
July 7. '
The vote was 53 for the 1WA,
17 for the AFL and eight for
neither union. This is the sec
ond time the Lamm employes
have chosen the IWA as . their
bargaining agent, a previous
NLRB election having . been
held in January of 1842.-
The latest election was or
dered by the board as a result
of a petition tiled by tne Aix.
late' in March of this- year, at
which time they claimed to rep
resent a majority of the em
ployes at the mill; There has
been some confusion as to the
status of the IWA contract at
the Lamm Lumber, company.
the company contending at' the
time of the NLRB hearing,
which . preceded the .order of
election, that the contract had
been- - terminated because - no
agreement was reached on the
1844 demands of the IWA by
April 1, the . expiration date of
the contract, under certain con
ditions. '
Imphal Defenders
Kill 11, 000
- SOUTHEAST - ASIA- COMT-
MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kan
dy... Ceylon. July .8 . UP) Defen
ders ' of Imphal ; in ' Manlpur
state killed more 'than' 11,000
Japanese since the enemy in
curslon into India began in
March, a southeast - Asia- com
mand communique said tonight,
Bitter fighting continues in
the. .area, around jUkhrul, 24
miles northeast of imphal,
where the enemy still Is strong
ly entrenched in the nortnern
outskirts, the bulletin said. .
Scout Returns K
Woman's Purse - ''
-Billy . Kitchens is a good ex
ample of the ideal Boy :Scout.
The other day Lula Dougherty;
an employe of Long's, Inc., lost
a purse containing $114 in cash
while she was climbing into the
bus. : i
Billy picked up the purse ana
looked . inside where he saw the
big roll of bills.. Without thji
least hesitation . he ran down to
the radio station and ffave them
the money to be returned to the
owner. j - i -
- The next morning the money
was returned to Miss Dougher
ty, but Billy, like a true Boy
Scout, didn't want to take tha
reward. Billy belongs to Troop
8 of Klamath Falls. - . - i: 1
Rusan Faces ,
Murder Charge
VANCOUVER.-B. C. July
(Canadian Press). Alexandee
Rusan, 55, Vancouver "logger
faced a double charge of mur
der today over the fatal shoot-
tag of two Vancouver, women
and wounding of two men yes
.terday. -,'.-.. ,
- Slain were Mrs., liucy- Rusan,
his " estranged " wife, - md Mrs.
Jack Preston, a friend of Mrs.
Rusan.-' t
' Jack .Preston was shot In the
head and Fred Remizoff in the
stomach and arm. - - .
- . The double killing occurred
in the home the two women
shared while the men were shot
later while working on a house
construction jot(. ' - :'i
Practical Joke
Takes Life
PORTLAND, July 8 (P) -5
What may have been an Intend1
cd .practical joke turned out
tragically lor -Aiirea a,, uvef
ton,. 42, who died of a gunshot
wound yesterday after sticking
his gun muzzle in his mouth
and pulling the' trigger. .
Known as: a -practical joker;
Overton, newly hired guard at
the city Isolation hospital,1 ban
teringly pointed the pistol lntd
his mouth after alighting from
the auto driven by. a friend,
Pnrrv A ftflllirtnn. '
Gauman told officers this waj
one of Overton's favorite jokes,
and expressed a belief Overton
thought the gun 'empty
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